I wonder if anyone has heard of The Ragged School in Leicester, my grandfather left money to it in will in 1953, he was born in the workhouse in 1870 and was a member of the Bond Street Chapel could there be a connection to any of these two? Geoff ________________________________________________________________________ AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now.

The Ragged School movement spread throughout England after it was founded by Pounds in 1818. http://www.maybole.org/history/articles/historyofraggedschools.htm The Leicester Ragged School's history is quite colourful! http://www.leicesterchronicler.com/hippodrome.htm There is a Museum in East End of London all about a similar school http://www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk/nextgen/history/schoolhistory.shtml Have Fun!! Anne Paling SHEFFIELD, U.K.